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that appeared at the new york city al smith charity dinner. >> i'm pleased that the president is here. we were chatting pleasantly this evening as if tuesday night never happened [laughing] i credit that of course to the cardinal. he is, it's taken new york's highest spiritual authority to get us back on our best behavior. i was actually hope the president would bring joe biden along this evening because he will laugh at anything. [laughter] [applause] >> in less than three weeks voters in states like ohio, virginia and florida will decide this incredibly important election. which begs the question, what are we doing here? [laughter] bill: they will be in florida, soon enough. senior national correspondent john roberts in new york. >> reporter: good morning to you. a lot of fun last night a traditional moment every four years at least a couple hours political rancor is set aside in favor of comedy and charity. the tone is much different than the campaign trail particularly in tuesday night's debate. the candidates singhed each other and themselves over many of the same issues. listen
that appeared at the new york city al smith charity dinner. >> i'm pleased that the president is here. we were chatting pleasantly this evening as if tuesday night never happened [laughing] i credit that of course to the cardinal. he is, it's taken new york's highest spiritual authority to get us back on our best behavior. i was actually hope the president would bring joe biden along this evening because he will laugh at anything. [laughter] [applause] >> in less than three weeks...
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. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits of pvate pass. moreoncerts, me evts, [k hwhbo n mancegere esthhe citi card. [ crowd cheering, mouse clicks ] as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ♪he anlhes music: "make someone happy" music: "make someone happy" ♪it's so important to make someone happy.♪ ♪'s so important to make meone happy.♪ ♪make just one someone happy ♪and you will be happy too. mo n, aoureheou t mer after russian feminist punk rock group. the other two remain in prison. the women were given two year sentences back in august staging impromptu perfmancin aa carait pema s skewering president putin. she was thrown out of the before the performance was actually started. martha: details. go to florida where there is sad news. athdeasn niisutk. verom atlanta. jonathan, is there any end to this in sight at this point? reporter: you know the numbers keep going up out of florida. this is a 70-year-old man that they identified as dying om tis fal ngouak ie ftse tb ior bringing the national death toll to 12. even tho
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bill: a new round of fighting raging in syria's largest city. have a look here. that is amateur video from the town of aleppo showing that syrian rebels fire back at government forces trying to take control of the city. this fierce fighting sparking a fire at the ancient market, the narrow alley of shops was once a bustling tourist attraction. now the market is the scene of a daily battle between rebels and government forces. look at that. martha: the mother of a former navy seal killed in the u.s. consulate attack is speaking out about the slow pace of this investigation into the deaths of her son, tie ron woods, an tyron woods and three other americans september 11th. she mosted on her facebook page. i don't want to ever politicize the loss of my son in libya. it's been 16 days and the f.b.i. has yet to get to benghazi to begin hreur investigation. apparently they have made it to tripoli but have not been able to get to benghazi. meanwhile the out pose are tyrone and former seal glen doherty died was not and is not secured. absolutely unacceptable. martha: what
bill: a new round of fighting raging in syria's largest city. have a look here. that is amateur video from the town of aleppo showing that syrian rebels fire back at government forces trying to take control of the city. this fierce fighting sparking a fire at the ancient market, the narrow alley of shops was once a bustling tourist attraction. now the market is the scene of a daily battle between rebels and government forces. look at that. martha: the mother of a former navy seal killed in the...
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people in the inner city. people who don't have cars that can't drive or walk tohese facilities won't be able to vote. bill: you have five weeks to go before an election and this voter i.d. law is null and void? >> it's for the most part null and void. here is the silly compromise the judge crafted with respect to this judge who worked hard on the case. he's permitting voting officials to ask you for an i.d., but you don't have to show one. so if you have one you can show it. if you don't have one, you still get to vote. and then he's going resolve this permanently after election day. all of this will happen if this decision is not appealed by the state back to the supreme court of pennsylvania. bottom line, the voter fraud issues in pennsylvania are not going to be addressed this year as the legislature wanted them addressed. bill: you just called this ruling silly. i hear you loud and year. what about a provisional ballot? can we rule on that. >> that was in the statute. that will be moot. bill: no provision
people in the inner city. people who don't have cars that can't drive or walk tohese facilities won't be able to vote. bill: you have five weeks to go before an election and this voter i.d. law is null and void? >> it's for the most part null and void. here is the silly compromise the judge crafted with respect to this judge who worked hard on the case. he's permitting voting officials to ask you for an i.d., but you don't have to show one. so if you have one you can show it. if you don't...
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he will be visiting four cities in total on this campaign swing. he will probably be back later on in the week as well. on the stump with governor chris christie of new jersey who so boldly predicted a couple sundays ago that after the debate the race would be turned on his head. in cuyahoga falls, christie had a message for president obama. >> i'm sure he is out there listening. mr. president you have lived inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue for four years. if you can't change washington from inside the white house, then let's get you plane ticket back to chicago you've earned. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: difficult to overstate how important the buckeye state is for governor romney. he has a very narrow path to 270 electoral votes, martha. it is difficult how he does it without winning ohio and all its electoral votes. martha: it is, john. for another day big bird remains a big issue still coming from the lips of president obama, mrs. obama, also mentioned big bird in the last 24 hours. what is the latest with this? >> reporter: really is quit
he will be visiting four cities in total on this campaign swing. he will probably be back later on in the week as well. on the stump with governor chris christie of new jersey who so boldly predicted a couple sundays ago that after the debate the race would be turned on his head. in cuyahoga falls, christie had a message for president obama. >> i'm sure he is out there listening. mr. president you have lived inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue for four years. if you can't change washington...
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mostly it's the morale in the capitol cities of our countries that are more affected and that's what we are dealing with here by the nato leader, talking about pulling out early, which i fundamentally disagree with. martha: how much of this has come from us signaling when we're going to leave, that we're going to leave in 2014? >> right from the beginning the arbitrary end date for our participation with combat forces i always felt was a mistake. we had to base it on conditions. and i think we should condition to base it on the conditions in front of us, at least up until 2014, and not pull any troops out prematurely. martha: as you point out in the american cities that react to this news, it's horrific, i mean the thought of somebody putting on a u.s. military uniform and turning out -- and the stories we've heard over the past few dares horrific, and then turning their guns on our soldiers and killing them in cold blood. does it reach a point where you say, is this woeurt? worth it? is it winnable. >> it is another tactic by the taliban to kill us and drive us out of here. it's no
mostly it's the morale in the capitol cities of our countries that are more affected and that's what we are dealing with here by the nato leader, talking about pulling out early, which i fundamentally disagree with. martha: how much of this has come from us signaling when we're going to leave, that we're going to leave in 2014? >> right from the beginning the arbitrary end date for our participation with combat forces i always felt was a mistake. we had to base it on conditions. and i...
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we've been in ocean city. point pleasant, along the jersey shore, coming back for a check for you at the top of the hour. bill: also we're in battleground ohio. only eight days to go before the election. both candidates, they are duking it out here in the state. republican governor john kasich, how he sees the state of the race coming up live. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there are no networks, and you'll never need a referral to see a specialist. join the millions who have already enrolled in the only medicare
we've been in ocean city. point pleasant, along the jersey shore, coming back for a check for you at the top of the hour. bill: also we're in battleground ohio. only eight days to go before the election. both candidates, they are duking it out here in the state. republican governor john kasich, how he sees the state of the race coming up live. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest...
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martha: and an out-of-control city council meeting in california. why the police ended up putting this woman in handcuffs and dragging her out. >> you are pulling and jerking on my wrist. martha: it was an unusual scene playing out at a city council meeting in riverside, california >> can you stand up? >> you are pulling on my arm when you do that -- i cannot get up without putting my hands down martha: this woman is very unhappy. she was speaking at the meeting, she got concocted and arrested. she was handcuffed and very upset. >> may be, for example, have fewer ships and we did in 1916. we also have fewer forces and bayonets. because the nature of her military has changed. bill: a shrinking navy and what you mean to our national security is no laughing matter. governor romney's team is turning the punchline against the president by pointing out the dangers of defense cuts. how has governor romney tried to turn this to his advantage? >> yes, he has tried to do so. you show that zinger on monday night, as it was called. it had a lot of people starti
martha: and an out-of-control city council meeting in california. why the police ended up putting this woman in handcuffs and dragging her out. >> you are pulling and jerking on my wrist. martha: it was an unusual scene playing out at a city council meeting in riverside, california >> can you stand up? >> you are pulling on my arm when you do that -- i cannot get up without putting my hands down martha: this woman is very unhappy. she was speaking at the meeting, she got...
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he is live in the new york city newsroom here. what is the latest on this investigation? >> reporter: hi, martha. this is dumping voter registration forms in virginia. that is now being investigated by the state's attorney general. turns out that 23-year-old colin small who worked for state republican party contractor, well this young man is charged with destroying some of those completed forms by allegedly putting them into a dumpster in a shopping mall. three democratic virginia congressman demanded investigation say may be part of a widespread republican plot. local sheriff says it appears what happened was limited and not widespread. virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli would comment on any possible evidence. he did tell us he would prosecute voter fraud no matter where it is? >> i wouldn't say there is any particular pattern that we've observed around the commonwealth. this is a continual problem. human nature is what it is and people are going to break the law and cheat. and that tends to not know any sorts of boundaries left, right, up, down. and we're going to
he is live in the new york city newsroom here. what is the latest on this investigation? >> reporter: hi, martha. this is dumping voter registration forms in virginia. that is now being investigated by the state's attorney general. turns out that 23-year-old colin small who worked for state republican party contractor, well this young man is charged with destroying some of those completed forms by allegedly putting them into a dumpster in a shopping mall. three democratic virginia...
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david lee miller live in our new york city newsroom. we hear there were some pretty tense moments up there, david lee. >> reporter: there certainly were. there really was high anxiety. before baumgartner even reached the altitude for the jump the faceplate in his helmet was fogging over for because of a failed heater. he was ready to make a blind leap. that was not necessary. there were more troubles, seconds after he fell his body began to spin out of crow, consequences could have been deadly. once the atmosphere thickened he was able to stablize himself, ultimately landing on his feet after nearly 24 mile descent. later he said this experience led him to reflect on his own mortality. >> when i was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble you do not think about breaking records anymore. you do not think about gaining scientific data. the only thing you want, you want to come back alive. >> reporter: as he was spinning out of control, he also said, he was not afraid of losing his life. what he was worried about, not bein
david lee miller live in our new york city newsroom. we hear there were some pretty tense moments up there, david lee. >> reporter: there certainly were. there really was high anxiety. before baumgartner even reached the altitude for the jump the faceplate in his helmet was fogging over for because of a failed heater. he was ready to make a blind leap. that was not necessary. there were more troubles, seconds after he fell his body began to spin out of crow, consequences could have been...
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and also i've indicated i will reverse the mexico city position of the president. i will reinstate the mexico cocity policy. >> reporter: obama campaign jumped all over that and telling women, they're even up both candidates with women voters telling women not to trust mitt romney telling what he said on the campaign trail he wouldn't move -- >> time and again the president told us he would take on some of these things but hasn't. then he turns around and tries to blame others. congress won't get together. congress won't get together unless there is strong leader that puts them together. bill: john, thank you. want to drill down on the billboard and show you a little bit of the strategy mitt romney put in place over the last week alone. specifically in places like ohio, virginia and florida. he is going to some of these counties where the president won big over senator mccain four years ago. specifically i want to take to you summit county here. this is northeastern ohio. heavily democratic four years ago. 59-41% in summit county president obama beat senator mccain
and also i've indicated i will reverse the mexico city position of the president. i will reinstate the mexico cocity policy. >> reporter: obama campaign jumped all over that and telling women, they're even up both candidates with women voters telling women not to trust mitt romney telling what he said on the campaign trail he wouldn't move -- >> time and again the president told us he would take on some of these things but hasn't. then he turns around and tries to blame others....
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there is a video the rebels clash with syrian military over a key city. a u.n. envoy announcing the syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a temporary cease-fire during a four-day muslim holiday. a previous cease-fire collapsed within days, with both sides accusing the other of breaking the truce. martha: those scenes are incredible. also, big new questions and news that has been breaking over the security of the consulate in benghazi, libya, where four americans were killed. we take a look at the stats and what military options could have been taken in real time that might have made a difference in those peoples people's lives at the white house. jennifer griffin joins me live on the pentagon. what did the military do, jennifer, to respond to what we now know was a flow of information in the initial hours as the attack began? >> well, martha, u.s. officials argued that without having a clear picture on the ground, it would have been a mistake to overreact. they did send a team of special operations forces to tripoli from benghazi. they sent mar
there is a video the rebels clash with syrian military over a key city. a u.n. envoy announcing the syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a temporary cease-fire during a four-day muslim holiday. a previous cease-fire collapsed within days, with both sides accusing the other of breaking the truce. martha: those scenes are incredible. also, big new questions and news that has been breaking over the security of the consulate in benghazi, libya, where four americans were killed....
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clark county, the city of las vegas. you see how many votes are available. 60-40, president was a winner four years ago. later to no night in colorado a state that went blue in 2008, just west of denver in jefferson county a big concert later tonight. governor romney and paul ryan at the red rocks amphitheater just outside of denver, colorado. as we move over the next 14 days, watch the states in gray. they will determine who is the next president of the united states and here we go. wow! martha, back to you. martha: wow is right. thanks, bill. last night there was also a faceoff over the iraq war. here's how it went. >> with regards to iraq you and i agreed, i believe there should have been a status of forces agreement. >> that is not true? >> you didn't want a status of forces agreement. >> what i would have not done, left 10,000 troops in iraq that would tie us down. that certainly would not help us in the middle east. martha: things not going so well in iraq right now. we will talk to former secretary of defense dona
clark county, the city of las vegas. you see how many votes are available. 60-40, president was a winner four years ago. later to no night in colorado a state that went blue in 2008, just west of denver in jefferson county a big concert later tonight. governor romney and paul ryan at the red rocks amphitheater just outside of denver, colorado. as we move over the next 14 days, watch the states in gray. they will determine who is the next president of the united states and here we go. wow!...
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bill: thanks, john roberts here in new york city. on friday night, now, fox news has a closer look at the deadly terrorist attack that claimed four american lives in libya. "special report" investigates, death and deceit in benghazi. bret baier is your host. it is friday night, 10:00 eastern time. important stuff there. so, if you get a chance, please, check it out. martha: a lot of good reporting there. that is coming up. how about this? republicans are firing back after that tense exchange that we saw over the libya attack and it happened during the debate between president obama and governor romney. now the president says that he called the assault a, quote terror attack the next day in the rose garden on september the 12th. this has caused a lot of controversy. here is newt gingrich. he says the administration needs to be held accountable for the discrepancy. watch. >> what is there about barack obama's psychology that makes it so difficult for hill to deal with the reality of islamic extremism. why is it always the west's fault?
bill: thanks, john roberts here in new york city. on friday night, now, fox news has a closer look at the deadly terrorist attack that claimed four american lives in libya. "special report" investigates, death and deceit in benghazi. bret baier is your host. it is friday night, 10:00 eastern time. important stuff there. so, if you get a chance, please, check it out. martha: a lot of good reporting there. that is coming up. how about this? republicans are firing back after that tense...
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it happened in the red sea resort city of bilat. he apparently stole a gun firing a number of times, a number of shots and killing a hotel employee. anti-terror units stormed the hotel. they killed the gunman after an intense shootout. martha: let's get back to politics now for a moment. getting word that president obama will address this new jobs report at an appearance he's making in virginia this morning. we are told that will happen at the top of that appearance. we'll keep an eye open for that. that as many republicans are questioning the timing and context behind this new jobs report -- not so much the timing, everybody knew it was going to come out, but the context is one of the big issues here, i'm joined by karl rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush. he's also a contribute r-r. fox news contributor. good to have you here this morning. the headline number is one that has to make them very happy at the white house this morning. >> it has to make them happy, not very happy. 114 new j
it happened in the red sea resort city of bilat. he apparently stole a gun firing a number of times, a number of shots and killing a hotel employee. anti-terror units stormed the hotel. they killed the gunman after an intense shootout. martha: let's get back to politics now for a moment. getting word that president obama will address this new jobs report at an appearance he's making in virginia this morning. we are told that will happen at the top of that appearance. we'll keep an eye open for...
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best way to prevent violent crime in inner cities, bring opportunity to the inner cities. bring people out of poverty in the inner cities. teach people, good discipline. that is civil society, charities and civic groups and churches do to help one another make them realize they have value in one another. martha: that is when thing started to take a bit of a turn. gong man ryan ended interview rather abruptly. after this exchange. follow the reporter pushes him on tax cuts. you can do all by cutting taxes with a big tax cut? >> ryan respond, those are your words, not mine. off-camara ryan's press secretary was heard, thank you very much, sir. that's when paul ryan begins removing his mic and leaving, adding quote, that was trying to strange you're stuffing words in people's minds. >> i don't know if it is strange. >> ryan fires backs sound like you're trying to put answers to questions. that's where it ended. the local michigan station pulled that part of the interview off the website. they said the time was up and everyone making big deal out of nothing. congressman ryan's
best way to prevent violent crime in inner cities, bring opportunity to the inner cities. bring people out of poverty in the inner cities. teach people, good discipline. that is civil society, charities and civic groups and churches do to help one another make them realize they have value in one another. martha: that is when thing started to take a bit of a turn. gong man ryan ended interview rather abruptly. after this exchange. follow the reporter pushes him on tax cuts. you can do all by...
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bill: a former new york city mayor republican candidate rudy giuliani said the president, all he wants is bigger government. he had a consistent theme. government important, government has to help, government has to stimulate the private economy. every answer to every question by barack obama was more government. whether it was education, taxes, healthcare, green energy, more government, more government, more government. bill: the mayor says he praises governor romney for his performance. martha: they are paying attention in the key battleground state of ohio. this has been a tough territory ohio for the past couple weeks for mitt romney in the polls. some voters hit the local bars. their we action a bit split. watch. >> you have got four more years of obama or 8 years of romney. you can do four years fast. eight years is a long time. >> this is the first time they have seen them side by side and they are learning a lot here. i think romney exposed a lot of obama's weaknesses. and deficiencies. so i would give the slight edge to romney. martha: wisdom come be from those gentlemen. some
bill: a former new york city mayor republican candidate rudy giuliani said the president, all he wants is bigger government. he had a consistent theme. government important, government has to help, government has to stimulate the private economy. every answer to every question by barack obama was more government. whether it was education, taxes, healthcare, green energy, more government, more government, more government. bill: the mayor says he praises governor romney for his performance....
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if you look at prices and how they spiked in key cities of california you can see what we're talking about here. for example, in san diego the average for regular now is 4.73. that is up 56 cents in a week. riverside up 54 cents in a week. orange county up 53 cents in a week. all of this taking place in a state that is basically broke with a very weak economy and a very high unemployment rate. it is not good news any way you slice it, patti ann. patti ann: stuart, the national average is much, much lower than that. why is california paying so much more? >> it is a very simple answer. this is a self-inflicted wound in california. they have very, very high emissions and environmental standards and they have to have a special blend of gasoline just for california. that means if there is any kind of problem with the refinerries, the 14 refinerries in california that make this special stuff they have got a supply problem and that's what's happened. they are paying roughly 15 cents extra for every single gallon that is consumed in california. that is because of these environmental rules. n
if you look at prices and how they spiked in key cities of california you can see what we're talking about here. for example, in san diego the average for regular now is 4.73. that is up 56 cents in a week. riverside up 54 cents in a week. orange county up 53 cents in a week. all of this taking place in a state that is basically broke with a very weak economy and a very high unemployment rate. it is not good news any way you slice it, patti ann. patti ann: stuart, the national average is much,...
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he allegedly told a codefendant a local city councilman, we need to use a black limo and buy a couple cases of cheap vodka and whiskey to get people to vote. >> i guess i always knew all along it was wrong but first i didn't think it was that big of a deal. i always heard that is what everybody did. >> reporter: he faces five years of prison. resigned after the deadline to be on the ballot. authorities say if he wins he will not take office, martha. martha: eric, how did authorities discover it was going on? >> reporter: someone offered his opponent absentee ballots which is crime so she called authorities. turns out she lost the race by only eight votes. prosecutors say hallum and his father destroyed absentee ballots voted for her so they wouldn't count. >> if you see something that is, is not right in our voting system, and it's messing with our democracy, you've got to step up and do something about it. because that is your most basic right, is your vote. >> reporter: she says when she votes she thinks of her father who served in world two war two and her uncle who was a prisoner
he allegedly told a codefendant a local city councilman, we need to use a black limo and buy a couple cases of cheap vodka and whiskey to get people to vote. >> i guess i always knew all along it was wrong but first i didn't think it was that big of a deal. i always heard that is what everybody did. >> reporter: he faces five years of prison. resigned after the deadline to be on the ballot. authorities say if he wins he will not take office, martha. martha: eric, how did authorities...